Spot the Difference

Alfred Mosher Butts, a New York architect, invented the popular board game Scrabble in 1931. He wanted to create a game which involved some luck and a lot of skill (and a large vocabulary)! Butts decided on the point-values of the letters by studying the front page of the New York Times.

Alaska didn’t officially become a state until 1959, almost 200 years after the country’s founding. Before gaining statehood, Alaska belonged to Russia before becoming a U.S. territory in the late 1800’s. When it officially became a state, it also overtook Texas as the largest state by area in the U.S.!

What’s the first and only band to play on all seven continents? If you guessed Metallica, you’re right! The heavy metal band set this record after they performed at Argentina’s Carlini Station in Antarctica. They played before an audience of 120 scientists inside a small dome.